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Annaliese Laurila
Courses Plus Student 3,265 PointsSyntax of the Variable
is the space after message and before = for syntax or for style? Would the variable work if there is not a space there?
Thanks!
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7,934 PointsThe spaces between the message and the = is just so that the code looks pretty.
// Pretty
var message = 'Hello';
// Not so pretty
var message='Hello';
Both of them work exactly the same.